SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Seattle's election authority said on Monday that Facebook Inc is in violation of a city law that requires disclosure of who buys election ads, the first attempt of its kind to..Reuters India 2 weeks ago

Facing scrutiny over the presence of Russian ads on its platform during the 2016 US presidential poll, Facebook has agreed to support new limited federal rules on online political ads. The US Federal..BGR India on November 15, 2017Also reported by •Sify

According to a report by Reuters, on Saturday a senior Facebook executive said that the company will start using postcards sent by US mail to verify the identities and locations of people who want to..Source: Wochit - 7 hours ago

The mammoth indictment issued by special counsel Robert Mueller on Friday sparked a wave of Democratic calls to shield November’s midterm vote from foreign interference — but only scattered GOP..Source: Wochit - 1 day ago

Federal law doesn’t yet require social media companies to disclose data on political ads. Seattle, though, is now asking Facebook and Google to send additional data on ad spending from the city’s..Source: Wochit - 2 weeks ago

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google unit told U.S. election regulators in a letter seen by Reuters on Thursday that it "strongly supports" tightening rules on online political advertising..Reuters India on November 10, 2017

Facebook, Twitter and Google lawyers defended themselves to US lawmakers probing whether Russia used social media to influence the 2016 Presidential election. The three firms faced hard questions at a..BGR India on November 1, 2017

Be careful of what you post on Facebook or Twitter just ahead of the election season. A special team, formed by the election commission, will keep an eye on the social media to see if there were any..DNA on October 26, 2017

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A New Zealand political party has been ordered to pay more than $400,000 to U.S. rapper Eminem for using music similar to his 2002 hit "Lose Yourself" in a television commercial to..Reuters India on October 25, 2017

Twitter announced steps to make it easier to see who is behind political ads and who they are targeting as social media giants try to thwart skullduggery.
The moves include launching an online..DNA on October 25, 2017

In a bid to increase transparency on its platform, Twitter has announced to publicly disclose all ads – including political and issue-based ads – and the identity of who bought them. In the wake of..BGR India on October 25, 2017

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said on Thursday that the company was fully committed to helping U.S. congressional investigators publicly release..Reuters India on October 12, 2017

SAN JOSE, Calif. (Reuters) - Facebook Inc has begun overhauling how it handles political ads on its platform and may put some changes in place before U.S. elections next year, Facebook's chief..Reuters India on October 12, 2017